Pace on Earth

Perfect Day

Summer around here is supposed to be full on long, hot sunny days that can be packed with all kinds of summer fun so make up for the short days and numbing cold of winter. It's a delicate system; if the balance is off it throw your mood for a year, and this summer hasn't had anywhere near it's requisite number so that balance was in question. That may be changing as the weather is finally here and yesterday I took advantage of it with a near perfect summer day.

I started off by sleeping late then driving to Surf City with the boys. Saint John is typically cooler than Freddy Beach and this day was no exception. However in this case that meant it was only 32 in Saint John and 37 here at home. A little too hot for rugby but I think our fitness work must be paying off and we routed the Trojans 50-3. I can't lie, that was a good start to my day away in SJ.

We left the game and headed to the Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club to join Moe on his party boat. We steam up the Kenebecasis towards Rothesay and then over to the Kinston Peninsula for a swim. Perfect day for a boat ride, hot as hell but enough of a breeze on the water to stay cool. Moe's Labbatt products didn't hurt either.We got off the water and had a huge feed at Craig and Heather's.

From there we went to the Boardwalk just in time to catch an insane motocross exhibition right beside the patios on the boardwalk. It was actually nuts, only 10 or 15 minutes but crazy. I was hoping to find a clip on YouTube but no luck as of yet.

We left the Boardwalk at 11 and headed out Rothesay Ave. to get to the Blue Olive and cap off our night catching Matt Mays at the intimate little venue. The place was not packed, which was perfect, because we could get right up close and personal. He played a (relatively) short but sweet set (setlist above). He rocked out hard, jamming most every song. Highlights were Month of September, Rock Ranger Record, Cocaine Cowgirl, and an epic Terminal Romance for the encore. He also played an unknown honkey-tonk labelled California Time on that setlist. It was kick ass.

We ended the night choking on leftovers and then spent today recovering in the water at Douglas Lake just outside Saint John. It was another amazing day. Nearly perfect; hopefully more to come before summer is out.


Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 8:54 p.m.